dana bash is up there. dana, just to set the scene. you're standing outside the room where the democratic senators are going to be meeting with the vice president. >> that's right. you can show just to give you a context, and then i want to piggyback on what jessica is saying. you know what? actually, kim, can you flip around? we're going to get the vice president right now. we're going to get the vice president right now. mr. vice president, do you have a deal? mr. environment, we're live on cnn, do you have a deal? senator reid, how do you feel? got to love live tv. there you go. >> he kept saying happy new year. and he had a smile on his face, so i assume he thinks he's going to have a happy new year. i'm sure that he did not necessarily think he would be spending new year's eve with you, dana. >> no, i'm sure he didn't. and i can tell you that a lot of us up here are -- you know, we like each other, but spending new year's this way is not exactly our way of a fun way to ring in the new year. certainly, that was interesting. the vic